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You may copy it, give it away or -re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included -with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org/license - - -Title: The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism - -Author: A. Leah Underhill - -Release Date: August 13, 2012 [EBook #40485] - -Language: English - -Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1 - -*** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE MISSING LINK IN MODERN *** - - - - -Produced by Suzanne Shell, eagkw and the Online Distributed -Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was -produced from images generously made available by The -Internet Archive/American Libraries.) - - - - - - -</pre> - - +<div>*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK 40485 ***</div> <div class="figcenter"><a id="Mrs_Margaret_Fox"></a> <img src="images/illus01.jpg" width="371" height="504" alt="Mrs. Margaret Fox." title="Mrs. Margaret Fox." /> @@ -446,7 +406,7 @@ the Cleveland Plaindealer.</td></tr> Residence—Death of Calvin R. Brown—Remains Removed to Rochester for Burial—Personal Friendships—Alice and Phœbe Cary—Course of Test Experiments at Dr. Gray’s—The -Monday Evening Circle—Rules of Séances.</td></tr> +Monday Evening Circle—Rules of Séances.</td></tr> <tr><td class="col2">CHAPTER XIX.</td></tr> <tr><td class="col5"><span class="smcap">New York City</span> (<i>Continued</i>)</td><td class="col3"><a href="#Page_269">269</a></td></tr> <tr><td class="col4">Our Brilliant Success with the Superior Intellectual Classes—Whiskey @@ -455,7 +415,7 @@ of Anderson, “the Wizard of the North”—Remarkable Experience with a very Notorious Person.</td></tr> <tr><td class="col2">CHAPTER XX.</td></tr> <tr><td class="col1">Phosphorus</td><td class="col3"><a href="#Page_282">282</a></td></tr> -<tr><td class="col4">Spirit Lights Visible at Dark Séances—Private Circle in Jersey +<tr><td class="col4">Spirit Lights Visible at Dark Séances—Private Circle in Jersey City in 1857—Solid Granules of Phosphorus Appearing in Earth which I had Touched—Surprising and Distressing Letter—The Good Spirits and Daniel Underhill to the Rescue—Benjamin @@ -507,7 +467,7 @@ J. Watson.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_xii" id="Page_xii">[xii]</a></span <tr><td class="col2">CHAPTER XXIX.</td></tr> <tr><td class="col1">Some Observations on Mediumship</td><td class="col3"><a href="#Page_403">403</a></td></tr> <tr><td class="col4">Mysteries of Mediumship—To Prove the Immortality of the -Soul—Passivity and Harmony at Séances—Honest and +Soul—Passivity and Harmony at Séances—Honest and Candid Scepticism—Imaginary and Self-induced Mediumship—Deceptive Communications—Cautions—Rappings—Spirits made Visible—Beware of Fraudulent Mediums—Not @@ -2087,7 +2047,7 @@ down the lid of a coffin, they would shove the hollow sounding article about the room. (This we understood at a later day.) Often, to our utter amazement, pickets from the discarded lots in the cemetery came flying through the -room over our heads, on our beds, like débris in a tornado. +room over our heads, on our beds, like débris in a tornado. They came from the extreme west side of the burying-ground, through <em>that</em> lot, and the distance of two hundred feet through <em>our</em> lot; an entire distance of about four hundred @@ -2388,7 +2348,7 @@ one in our humble group “lay at the feet of Jesus,” willing to be guided and directed in the paths of truth and duty. The alphabet was called for, and the following message was given and signed by our ever revered grandfather, -known to his family and friends as a man of encyclopædic +known to his family and friends as a man of encyclopædic knowledge, as well as of noble character. “You need not wait as I did for that great ‘change of heart;’ but adopt the course at once and live up to your highest @@ -2460,7 +2420,7 @@ in their manifestations that they would forget we were mortal and needed time to recuperate our physical strength. They did not know that every echo, as it came through our medium forces, consumed a portion of our -vitality. The Spirit knew this, and would close the séances +vitality. The Spirit knew this, and would close the séances by spelling “done.” This, our friends would sometimes take exception to, and complain that they should break off so abruptly. We could not explain, to their satisfaction, @@ -2589,7 +2549,7 @@ city (as it then was) like Rochester, with its 70,000 inhabitants, without leading to a state of feeling and opinion which made it impossible to keep the matter confined to the limited number of persons who, from time to time, got -access to séances (at our house) held under the auspices of +access to séances (at our house) held under the auspices of the committee of five persons previously named.</p> <p>Mr. E. W. Capron, of Auburn, had been introduced to @@ -3838,7 +3798,7 @@ disturbances in his house, in consequence of the mediumship of his little boy, aged two months.</p> <p>“Last Friday Mr. Jencken and Mrs. Jencken (Kate Fox) -went to the great scientific <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">soirée</i> at the Crystal Palace, +went to the great scientific <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">soirée</i> at the Crystal Palace, and that same evening, about nine o’clock, their housemaid, Elizabeth, went up-stairs to the front drawing-room to turn down the gas burners. As she approached the @@ -3902,7 +3862,7 @@ whose eyes shone for a time with such lustre, as to frighten some persons who unexpectedly entered his room. In that case also, the Spirits said that they were looking through his eyes. On several occasions recently, while<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_94" id="Page_94">[94]</a></span> -we have been present at <em>séances</em> at Mr. Jencken’s house, +we have been present at <em>séances</em> at Mr. Jencken’s house, footsteps have been heard outside, and the rustling of a dress against the door. On quickly opening the door, nobody was there.</p> @@ -4523,7 +4483,7 @@ of C. D. The writer of said article lays claim (and not a groundless one) to the reputation of a man of<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_112" id="Page_112">[112]</a></span> wisdom. He is known among us as the expounder of laws natural and divine. His picture, so he tells us, hangs -from the walls of the Athenæum, and looks down complacently +from the walls of the Athenæum, and looks down complacently upon its visitors as a teacher of the exact and occult sciences. The community in which he lives has nourished him during a long lapse of years, has accredited @@ -4683,11 +4643,11 @@ in our power.</p> <p>It was the first of April, 1850, when the Rev. R. P. Ambler and Mr. D. F. Coman, of Springfield, Mass., called -on us for an evening séance. They came with an introduction +on us for an evening séance. They came with an introduction from our friend Apollus Munn. Mr. Ambler was a Universalist minister, had preached in Albany, and was much respected there. They were greatly astonished by -the evidence they received during the séance; and it +the evidence they received during the séance; and it proved to them clearly that their communications were received from spirits, or from some power entirely beyond our knowledge. Various circumstances point to the conclusion @@ -4738,14 +4698,14 @@ escort. We engaged Van Vechten Hall. It had been previously announced through the papers that “the Fox Family” would appear at the hall, with Mr. Ambler, who would deliver a course of lectures, preparatory to our giving -séances at the Delavan House.</p> +séances at the Delavan House.</p> <p>Our career was now commenced. After all our resolving not to go any more before the public, we had been forced to let the world know what was revealed to us, and what was meant not for us alone.</p> -<p>Our rooms were thronged by the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">élite</i> of Albany and of +<p>Our rooms were thronged by the <i lang="fr" xml:lang="fr">élite</i> of Albany and of many other places adjacent. Our success was great, as the spirits had promised. We received both public and private parties from all parts of the country.</p> @@ -4880,7 +4840,7 @@ in Van Vechten Hall, then the principal one in Albany. Our suite of rooms in the Delavan was the best in the house. Of course our expenses were very heavy; often amounting to $150 a week. Our regular charge was $1 -each person, and, for a private séance of an hour, $5 +each person, and, for a private séance of an hour, $5 for two or more persons. These figures had been prescribed to us. We never heard of any complaints of dissatisfaction, on the part of our visitors, with the evidences @@ -4955,7 +4915,7 @@ communities.</p> </div> <p>In it we see a striking revival of the old Salem (and -mediæval) spirit of animosity against the so-called “witchcraft;” +mediæval) spirit of animosity against the so-called “witchcraft;” a spirit which was perhaps stimulated by the same mistaken and misguided religious zeal which some couple of centuries before had hurried to the stake, the scaffold, @@ -5255,7 +5215,7 @@ with white hair and angelic eyes, a foreigner, who at parting made me a present of a set of old china of extreme rarity, for which I have since refused a dealer’s offer of a thousand dollars, and which I still employ at parties -and fêtes, and particular occasions, and always with a kind +and fêtes, and particular occasions, and always with a kind thought of the dear old donor. The summer season of travel, of course, brought many Southerners to our rooms, as well as visitors from other cities of the Union.</p> @@ -5403,7 +5363,7 @@ and I was indeed astonished to hear so young a looking man avow that he was now eighty years of age.</p> -<p>At all our séances the general character of the manifestations +<p>At all our séances the general character of the manifestations was that all present heard the explosive sounds or “knockings,” whose significance resided in their correspondence with the letters of the alphabet; while each in @@ -6566,7 +6526,7 @@ two weeks, but, like the Spirits, we could not calculate our time. When we had been there about two weeks, we began to think of turning our steps homeward; but our friends would not consent to our leaving them so soon, as -the crowded séances and the continued increasing interest +the crowded séances and the continued increasing interest seemed to demand our presence still longer. We remained, and soon found why we were detained. About this time two of the Buffalo doctors called on us, viz., Dr. C. B. @@ -7622,7 +7582,7 @@ already too wide-spread imposture. Now, do not understand me as attributing any unkind motive to those gentlemen professors; I have no doubt they were actuated by a nice sense of duty which they owed to science and to -their fellow-beings to make the exposé. I could not say a +their fellow-beings to make the exposé. I could not say a word against Dr. Lee or Dr. Coventry, if I wanted to; they are strangers to most of our citizens, and only come among us periodically, and I am informed that they are very @@ -7671,7 +7631,7 @@ matter consideration? I ask, what causes so much disquietude in the minds of the professors? Have they shot off their gun too quick? Are they sensible that public<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_195" id="Page_195">[195]</a></span> opinion is not impressed with the belief in their assertions -and their exposé? Are they displeased because the ladies +and their exposé? Are they displeased because the ladies keep staying in spite of their mandate to go home? The University has taken up the cudgel to beat the hydra, and as fast as one head falls a dozen new ones spring out (or @@ -7914,7 +7874,7 @@ is nothing short of the very cap-stone itself. Not only have they, in most <em>chivalrous manner</em>, arrayed themselves for your disrespect, but a masterly stroke, ingeniously given, shielded the public forever against such <em>gross trickery and -imposition</em> by an exposé of the whole thing!</p> +imposition</em> by an exposé of the whole thing!</p> <p>“O! never three luckier D(og)s together than the three M.D.’s of Buffalo, who in so short a time lifted the veil @@ -8567,7 +8527,7 @@ or was going to.”</p> time of our stay in Buffalo, with the friends before named. I may here mention that Katie attended school, all the time she remained in New York, during the day hours, -and sometimes united in the séances held by the friends in +and sometimes united in the séances held by the friends in the evenings. Mr. Greeley often said, on the strength of her childish letters, “Katie, I expect to see you develop into another Margaret Fuller some day, if you will only @@ -9732,7 +9692,7 @@ or something hollow, was repeated several times.”</p> Residence—Death of Calvin R. Brown—Remains Removed to Rochester for Burial—Personal Friendships—Alice and Phœbe Cary—Course of Test Experiments at Dr. -Gray’s—The Monday Evening Circle—Rules of Séances.</p> +Gray’s—The Monday Evening Circle—Rules of Séances.</p> <p>I have sketched our experiences thus far at Rochester, @@ -10055,7 +10015,7 @@ qualities of either, or both, to become instrumental, or to interpose an agency, between the visible and invisible worlds.</p> -<p>They were disgusted with the silly pretended exposé of +<p>They were disgusted with the silly pretended exposé of the conceited “Buffalo doctors,” and the equally silly and infamous C. C. Burr.</p> @@ -10157,7 +10117,7 @@ over the floor—sometimes with one, and often with two or three persons, upon it.</p> -<h3>RULES OF SÉANCES.</h3> +<h3>RULES OF SÉANCES.</h3> <p>At our public hours, none were admitted but investigators. An intelligent waiter at the door received the @@ -10518,7 +10478,7 @@ fresh fish swim in salt water?” They looked at each other in silence, while the company roared with laughter.</p> <p>Experience taught me to adopt a rule not to give private -séances to single strangers, but rather to only two or more +séances to single strangers, but rather to only two or more at a time. This was not so much as a safeguard against personal impertinences (for such things were of rare occurrence, and never repeated), but under the advice of my @@ -10526,7 +10486,7 @@ Spirit friends, to afford some protection against malignant enemies who might come (as had happened) under a mask of friendly interest and honest investigation, and then, when unchecked by the presence of another witness, give -calumnious accounts of their private séances. I might +calumnious accounts of their private séances. I might cite some curious instances of this.<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_272" id="Page_272">[272]</a></span></p> <p>But I should have but few instances to tell of personal @@ -10557,7 +10517,7 @@ from my rooms at a hotel.</p> my mediumship in New York, I became acquainted with no small number of domestic and family affairs of the most delicate—sometimes the most painful—character. -In the private séances so often solicited by visitors there +In the private séances so often solicited by visitors there would arise, in their communication with Spirits, revelations of secrets the existence of which was little suspected by the outside world, and which, with me, were under no @@ -10872,7 +10832,7 @@ the living but sincere mourners.”</p></div> <br /> <span class="f8">PHOSPHORUS.</span></h2> -<p class="sbt">Spirit Lights Visible at Dark Séances—Private Circle in Jersey +<p class="sbt">Spirit Lights Visible at Dark Séances—Private Circle in Jersey City in 1857—Solid Granules of Phosphorus Appearing in Earth which I had Touched—Surprising and Distressing Letter—The Good Spirits and Daniel Underhill to the @@ -10910,7 +10870,7 @@ keenly felt though not to be seen, cleared off like the evaporation of dew from the surface of a mirror, as will be seen below.</p> -<p>We never gave <em>public</em> séances in darkened rooms. I do +<p>We never gave <em>public</em> séances in darkened rooms. I do not approve of the practice. Many forms of manifestations thus obtained are calculated to prejudice the investigator and excite suspicion of the medium. I love to sit @@ -10969,12 +10929,12 @@ with, if we would win good success.<a name="FNanchor_12" id="FNanchor_12"></a><a <p>I met a large private circle in Jersey City, for a long time, once a week. Many of the members of this party -had met at my séances for years; but, as they could not +had met at my séances for years; but, as they could not all come to New York, I went to their different houses across the river to accommodate them. This party insisted on sitting in darkened rooms. Some of them had witnessed remarkable manifestations in our most private -séances. George Willets and wife were members of this +séances. George Willets and wife were members of this circle, and they desired to have others see a little of the wonderful manifestations which they had so often witnessed.</p> @@ -11114,7 +11074,7 @@ to enjoy a social cup of tea, and an hour or so in pleasant conversation.</p> <p>“On this occasion it was announced by the ‘invisibles’ -that on Tuesday evening next an investigating séance, for +that on Tuesday evening next an investigating séance, for phosphorescent phenomena, should be held; and the following persons were chosen by the Spirits to attend, namely, Dr. A. D. Wilson, Henry Sheldon, Oliver Johnson, @@ -11155,7 +11115,7 @@ impressed that if she should have a sitting with a few friends that evening, she would have manifestations of a character to explain the mystery of the occurrence at Mr. S. S. Post’s, Jersey City (where I had attended a private -séance with her between seven and eight months previously).</p> +séance with her between seven and eight months previously).</p> <p>“On this occasion there were present Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Johnson, Miss Knight, Mr. Kedzie (of Rochester), Mrs. @@ -11209,7 +11169,7 @@ any phosphorus about us. Mrs. B. retired to a private room with the ladies, who disrobed her of every article of clothing, and furnished her with an entire outfit from their own wardrobe. After this they dressed and reconducted -her to the room in which the séance was held.</p> +her to the room in which the séance was held.</p> <p>“In the mean time the gentlemen satisfied themselves that there was no phosphorus about my person. We assembled @@ -11271,7 +11231,7 @@ never again sit in public circles.</p> </div> <p>He thought I had done my duty faithfully, and that it -was time for me to retire from public séances. The announcement +was time for me to retire from public séances. The announcement fell like a thunderbolt upon nearly all of my investigators. Many argued that it was a duty I owed to the public, and to my God, to continue to labor in the @@ -11390,7 +11350,7 @@ nervous start or electric motion on her part.</p> <div class="footnotes"> <div class="footnote"><p><a name="Footnote_12" id="Footnote_12"></a><a href="#FNanchor_12"><span class="label">[12]</span></a> The frequency of the appearance of <em>lights</em>, or luminous appearances, -at séances, is suggestive of the idea that Spirits often employ, in their +at séances, is suggestive of the idea that Spirits often employ, in their manifestations, phosphorus in some form or condition—phosphorus probably drawn from the atmosphere, or from the brains of the medium or sitters, or both, through their higher knowledge of the secrets @@ -11405,7 +11365,7 @@ or elaborate some basis of phosphorus, seems probable enough—or at least should be so to those philosophers who strive to approximate phosphorus to thought, and bid us eat phosphoric food to stimulate our wits, and fancy they catch a gleam of it in the brightening of the eye. It is -reliably recorded that at the famous séances of Count de Bullet, at which +reliably recorded that at the famous séances of Count de Bullet, at which the controlling Spirit is known by the conventional name of “John King,” he constantly appeared holding what seemed a round, white, luminous stone, whose light would gradually fade out after a while, till @@ -12281,7 +12241,7 @@ himself but to the community, to make another effort to have the matter fairly and deliberately tested. Accordingly, immediately after the appearance of the committee’s ‘award,’ he invited the editors of the principal newspapers -in the city to attend the séances and witness manifestations<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_320" id="Page_320">[320]</a></span> +in the city to attend the séances and witness manifestations<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_320" id="Page_320">[320]</a></span> through the same mediums he had employed before the professors.</p> @@ -13937,7 +13897,7 @@ Laws and Relations of Man,” etc.<br /> <p>General Waddy Thompson was a widower when I first knew him (he had met my mother and sisters in Washington, -in 1852). Subsequently he attended my séances frequently. +in 1852). Subsequently he attended my séances frequently. On the occasion I now speak of (in the fall of 1857), he called to make an engagement with me to see him and his young, second wife, who was an invalid. As @@ -14487,7 +14447,7 @@ or <em>self-wise</em>.</p> <h3>GEORGE LEE, M.D.</h3> -<p class="hd">“<span class="smcap">Barré, Mass.</span>, June 30, 1851.<br /></p> +<p class="hd">“<span class="smcap">Barré, Mass.</span>, June 30, 1851.<br /></p> <p>“<span class="smcap">Mrs. Ann L. Fish</span>:</p> @@ -15303,10 +15263,10 @@ of Power, Truth, and Love.</p> <p>The following letter will explain itself. Professor J. Jay Watson needs no description. He was an intimate -friend of Olé Bull, who bequeathed to him his favorite +friend of Olé Bull, who bequeathed to him his favorite violin, on which instrument he is himself a consummate performer, while his little son, Emmons Watson, bids fair -some day to rival Olé Bull himself. His direction of the +some day to rival Olé Bull himself. His direction of the music at the Centennial of 1876, and his popular “dime concerts” in New York, attended by some hundreds of thousands, have made Professor Watson not less widely @@ -15320,7 +15280,7 @@ philanthropy as well as musical genius and powers.<br /> <p>“<span class="smcap">Highly Esteemed Friend</span>—It is with unfeigned pleasure that I comply with your request to furnish you<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_399" id="Page_399">[399]</a></span> with an account of my strange experience while visiting -San Francisco, Cal., in company with Olé Bull, the violinist, +San Francisco, Cal., in company with Olé Bull, the violinist, in 1870.</p> <p>“I cheerfully give the facts as they occurred, and it seems @@ -15353,7 +15313,7 @@ Mr. Parsons nor myself having, up to this time, investigated the philosophy of Modern Spiritualism in any form.</p> <p>“During my visit to San Francisco, Cal., while managing -the ‘Olé Bull Concert Combination,’ I had occasion +the ‘Olé Bull Concert Combination,’ I had occasion to employ a number of persons, one of whom, having been proved glaringly dishonest, I was obliged to discharge.</p> @@ -15413,7 +15373,7 @@ sister in New York, with whom my family were stopping at the time, and simply read, ‘<i>How are you all? Answer.</i>’ The reply, ‘<i>All well</i>,’ caused me to breathe more freely, but the mystery was yet unexplained. I told the story to -my friend Olé Bull, who became intensely interested, +my friend Olé Bull, who became intensely interested, and often during our stay in California expressed a great deal of solicitude in the matter.</p> @@ -15424,7 +15384,7 @@ five years, yet it seems to me quite remarkable that our old compact had not at once presented itself; but I felt convinced that this singular demonstration <em>meant</em> something. Upon my return to New York I visited you in -company with Olé Bull, and you kindly gave us a private +company with Olé Bull, and you kindly gave us a private sitting. The alphabet being called for, the following was rapped out: ‘<i>John, the man whom you discharged in San Francisco, was on the veranda of the hotel, and determined @@ -15461,7 +15421,7 @@ intend reverently to express.</p> <span class="f8">SOME OBSERVATIONS ON MEDIUMSHIP.</span></h2> <p class="sbt">Mysteries of Mediumship—To Prove the Immortality of the -Soul—Passivity and Harmony at Séances—Honest and +Soul—Passivity and Harmony at Séances—Honest and Candid Scepticism—Imaginary and Self-induced Mediumship—Deceptive Communications—Cautions—Rappings—Spirits made Visible—Beware of Fraudulent Mediums—Not @@ -15564,7 +15524,7 @@ number of persons thus gathered together.</p> <p>It is a mistake to suppose that faith in Spiritualism on the part of all present is a necessary condition of success -at séances. It is true that it sometimes seems that the +at séances. It is true that it sometimes seems that the presence of particular individuals is fatal to any, or any<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_406" id="Page_406">[406]</a></span> but the feeblest, manifestations. In such cases it is not their ignorance and disbelief, nor a rational scepticism, that @@ -15791,12 +15751,12 @@ and gagged to settle the question of ventriloquism, after every other test had been applied.</p> <p>I do not wish to be understood as condemning all cabinet<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_412" id="Page_412">[412]</a></span> -séances. We, for our part, never used cabinets nor +séances. We, for our part, never used cabinets nor had occasion to do so. I know, through the best of testimony, that with honest mediums and select confidential circles, marvellous phenomena have taken place through that means since my day. But I do disapprove of such -séances before promiscuous parties, when not accompanied +séances before promiscuous parties, when not accompanied with precautions against the possibility of deception; for when “test conditions” are not required by the sitters, or insisted upon by the mediums as their only protection @@ -16352,7 +16312,7 @@ with particles of dust, which at times were wafted in clouds which nearly obscured my vision. (The road is visible from the door for the distance of half a mile.) I observed a form slowly approaching amid the shower of dust -and débris; and as it came nearer I recognized in it my +and débris; and as it came nearer I recognized in it my sister Maria, dressed in deep black, and ran to meet her. She raised her hands, saying, ‘O Maggie! isn’t this dreadful?’ As we met, a leaf (as from a book) dropped @@ -16916,7 +16876,7 @@ my guardian Spirits.</p> <h3>“TOUCH SAMANTHA.”</h3> <p>A very amusing incident occurred in one of my afternoon -séances. Mr. Decker, with his wife and sister-in-law +séances. Mr. Decker, with his wife and sister-in-law (acquaintances of mine from Rochester), visited me and took seats in the circle. There were already about twenty around the table. Mr. Decker was a believer in the manifestations @@ -16932,7 +16892,7 @@ from the circle and was seen coming out, feet foremost, from under the table at the very farthest extremity,<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_445" id="Page_445">[445]</a></span> causing a great scattering among the visitors. Mrs. Ward fainted, and two other ladies had to be taken -out of the room. The séance was broken up for that +out of the room. The séance was broken up for that afternoon.</p> <p>Mr. Horace Dresser was one of the party, and Mrs. @@ -17043,11 +17003,11 @@ down, and then frighten and bewilder us.</p> <p>One evening when Margaretta and I were alone in my private room (the front room of the second story), some -friends wanted a dark séance; for which purpose Katie +friends wanted a dark séance; for which purpose Katie went down with them into the basement room. The parlor floor was unoccupied, and at a late hour the servants extinguished<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_448" id="Page_448">[448]</a></span> the hall light, supposing all to have gone. But -the dark séance in progress with Katie in the basement +the dark séance in progress with Katie in the basement continued so long past midnight, with no sign of its breaking up, that I at last sent Margaretta down to let them know the hour and put an end to it. Of course all was @@ -17058,7 +17018,7 @@ or shot her up, as it seemed to her, and landed her on her feet at the head of the stairs on the second floor, where her scream called me out from my room, and she related what had occurred. It was evident that there were some -Spirits there who did not choose to have the séance going +Spirits there who did not choose to have the séance going on below interrupted.</p> <p>There is an old negro melody which tells how</p> @@ -17131,7 +17091,7 @@ he had been dead an hour.”<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_450" id="Pag <h3>WILLIAM M. THACKERAY.</h3> <p>Mr. Thackeray during his stay in New York visited my -public séances, but never asked questions in a crowd. His +public séances, but never asked questions in a crowd. His course of investigation was unlike those of all others. The first visit he made he sat and listened to the sounds; and when his turn came to ask questions, he politely asked me @@ -17421,7 +17381,7 @@ the Tell-tale Bridge because the hoofs and wheels always announce the approach of visitors.</p> <p>It was Sunday evening. A party of David’s friends -drove over from Newark to have a séance with the Spirits. +drove over from Newark to have a séance with the Spirits. It was decided that they should hold their meeting at mother’s, with the girls (Maggie and Katie). I remained at David’s, with Uncle John, Calvin, and the children—the @@ -17443,7 +17403,7 @@ moon shone brightly; and my only refuge of concealment was a few shocks of sweet corn left standing between the window and the fence. They could have seen me through<span class="pagenum"><a name="Page_458" id="Page_458">[458]</a></span> the window if they had looked out from the sitting-room -in which they were holding their séance. I procured +in which they were holding their séance. I procured a number of small stones and practised throwing very successfully, hitting the mark between the windows a little distance from them. Having thus acquired confidence in @@ -17573,7 +17533,7 @@ living who can attest the correctness of my statements.</p> Ohio campaign, about three and thirty years ago, is my intercourse with the great and good man whose honored name heads this paragraph. He was a frequent visitor to my -séances, to which he used to bring also members of his +séances, to which he used to bring also members of his family and friends. He combined, with his eminent intelligence, culture and love of the truth, great geniality of temperament and manners. He was a convinced and warm @@ -17922,7 +17882,7 @@ to appear.</p> <p class="center">“<i>Facsimile of the photographed writing.</i></p> <div class="figcenter"><a id="Greek_Writing"></a> -<img src="images/illus14.png" width="346" height="104" alt="Ho pisteuôn eis eme zôsei" title="Ho pisteuôn eis eme zôsei" /> +<img src="images/illus14.png" width="346" height="104" alt="Ho pisteuôn eis eme zôsei" title="Ho pisteuôn eis eme zôsei" /> </div> <p class="center">“Translation: ‘<span class="smcap">Who believes in me shall live.</span>’”</p> @@ -18202,389 +18162,7 @@ appendage)<br /> 422 “stea's” changed to “steals” (that steals upon my frame).</p> </div> - - - - - - - -<pre> - - - - - -End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Missing Link in Modern Spiritualism, by -A. 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